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Les Monuments de Paris: T.8b-1970

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Les Monuments de Paris
Translated as: The Monuments of Paris

Maker(s)

Engraver: Leisnier, Nicolas Auguste
Designer: Les Bas, Hippolyte

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Description

Linen, polychrome Toile de Jouy panel. On the left, the view from the Pont Neuf, with the statue of Henri IV, alternates with the Pantheon; on the right the Fontaine des Innocents alternates with Perrault's east front of the Louvre. The large medallions and cartouches are framed by allegorical figures, scrolls, heads in medallions and trophies of arms, against a grid and rosette background.

Legal notes

Given by the Rhode Island School of Design

Measurements and weight

Length: 54 cm
Width: 24 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Jouy-en-Josas ⪼ Ile-de-France ⪼ France

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1970-12-03) by Rhode Island School of Design, USA

Dating

Louis XVIII
Production date: circa AD 1818

Note

Both engraver and designer are associated with France

Materials used in production

Cotton

Techniques used in production

Weaving : Linen, polychrome Toile de Jouy
Roller printing
Block printing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: T.8b-1970
Primary reference Number: 110537

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 17 July 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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